Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Subject and aim -- 1.3 Sources -- 1.4 Theoretical background -- 1.5 Definitions -- 1.5.1 Primary interjections -- 1.5.2 Secondary interjections -- 1.5.3 Common properties of interjections -- 1.6 Three categories -- 1.6.1 Category 1 -- 1.6.2 Category 2 -- 1.6.3 Category 3 -- 1.6.4 Related items -- 1.7 Previous research -- 1.7.1 Antiquity and the Middle Ages -- 1.7.2 Modern linguistics begins -- 1.7.3 Studies in the early twentieth century -- 1.7.4 Linguistics from the late 20th century to the present time -- 1.7.5 Recent studies focusing on Ancient Greek -- 1.8 Concluding remarks -- 2. Syntax -- 2.1 Formal characteristics -- 2.1.1 The three categories -- 2.1.2 Morphology -- 2.1.3 Interjections and word order -- 2.1.4 Extra metrum -- 2.1.5 Combinations of interjections -- 2.2 Syntax-Category 1 -- 2.2.1 Free-standing interjections -- 2.3 The phrase schema -- 2.3.1 Head position: INT -- 2.3.2 Position 1: PRO (dative) -- 2.3.3 Position 2: NP (nominative or vocative) -- 2.3.4 Position 3: NP (genitive) -- 2.3.5 Positions 4-5: NPs (vocative and nominative) -- 2.3.6 Invocations, formulae and bare exclamative genitives -- 2.4 Syntax-Category 2 -- 2.4.1 εἶα (εἷα)-eia (heia) -- 2.5 Syntax-Category 3 -- 2.6 Concluding remarks -- 3. Semantics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Core meaning -- 3.3 Secondary interjections -- 3.4 Prototypical characteristics -- 3.4.1 Category 1-expressive interjections -- 3.4.2 Category 2-conative interjections -- 3.4.3 Category 3-phatic interjections -- 3.5 Theoretical background -- 3.5.1 Semantics of clause type-Primary illocutions -- 3.5.2 Expressives -- 3.5.3 Expressives and exclamatives -- 3.5.4 The semantics of interjections-Ameka -- 3.5.5 Are interjections words or sentences?.

3.5.6 The semantics of interjections-Kaplan -- 3.5.7 Emotion theory -- 3.6 Semantics-Category 1 -- 3.6.1 Explicit semantic analysis -- 3.6.2 Interjections expressive of surprise -- 3.6.3 Interjections expressive of pain and vexation -- 3.6.4 Interjections expressive of lamentation -- 3.6.5 Interjections expressive of joy -- 3.6.6 Hapax legomena -- 3.6.7 Rare and special cases -- 3.6.8 Items occurring only in combinations -- 3.7 Semantics-Category 2 -- 3.7.1 Explicit semantic analysis -- 3.7.2 Interjections expressing calls for attention -- 3.7.3 Interjections expressing exhortation or command -- 3.8 Semantics-Category 3 -- 3.8.1 Explicit semantic analysis -- 3.8.2 Interjections expressing agreement -- 3.8.3 Interjections expressing compliance -- 3.9 Concluding remarks -- 3.9.1 Primary illocutions -- 3.9.2 Core meanings -- 4. Pragmatics -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.1.1 What is pragmatics? -- 4.1.2 Primary and secondary functions -- 4.1.3 Hypotheses for primary functions -- 4.1.4 Questions under study -- 4.2 Theoretical background -- 4.2.1 Definitions -- 4.2.2 Fraser: pragmatic markers -- 4.2.3 Trillo: Appropriateness -- 4.3 Felicity conditions -- 4.3.1 Condition 1 -- 4.3.2 Condition 2 -- 4.3.3 Condition 3 (tentative) -- 4.4 Secondary functions -- 4.4.1 Borrowing the core semantics from another category -- 4.4.2 Functioning as a commentary marker -- 4.4.3 Functioning as a parallel pragmatic marker -- 4.4.4 Discourse markers-DMs -- 4.4.5 Paratragedy -- 4.5 Concluding remarks -- 4.5.1 Primary and secondary use -- 4.5.2 The three categories -- 5. Lexicon -- 5.1 Notes on meter -- 5.2 Abbreviations and legenda -- 5.3 ἆ-ὤμοι -- 6. Summary and conclusions -- 6.1 Summary of introduction -- 6.2 Syntax -- 6.3 Semantics -- 6.4 Pragmatics -- 6.5 Lexicon -- References -- Index.